Thiago Pinheiro
- height 6-3
- class Junior
- Hometown Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo
- High school Marilda Pereira
- height 6-3
- class Junior
- Hometown Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo
- High school Marilda Pereira
Thiago Pinheiro Bio
9/29/2014
Thiago Pinheiro Feature
Pinheiro’s Career Match Results
Awards Senior Year (2014-15)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Junior Year (2013-14)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore Year (2012-13)
Second-Team All-SEC
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
In the Record Books Career
19th — Doubles wins in a career (60)
11th — Doubles matches played in a career (111)
19th — Combined matches played in a career (215)
7th — Dual-match doubles wins in a career (47)
8th — Dual-match doubles matches played in a career (88)
9th — SEC doubles wins in a career (16)
8th — SEC doubles matches played in a career (38)
9th — SEC combined wins in a career (31)
Career Summary
Ranks among program’s top 10 in five career categories, including dual-match doubles wins (7th, 47), SEC doubles wins (9th, 16) and SEC combined wins (8th, 31) … Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a sophomore behind a career-best singles record of 20-6, including a 5-3 mark in SEC action … Ranked as high as No. 71 in singles and closed 2014-15 with career-best doubles ranking of No. 24 with Kyle Koch … Also earned a doubles ranking with Tsvetan Mihov in 2013-14, climbing as high as No. 32 in the fall … Qualified for one NCAA Doubles Championship (2015), advancing to the round of 16 with Kyle Koch … Three-time selection on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Represented Brazil in the World University Games in South Korea in Summer 2015. Senior Year (2014-15)
Closed the season ranked No. 24 in the nation in doubles with Kyle Koch … Played most of the season in the No. 3 singles position, picking up four wins in the spot, although he saw action in top four spots in the order at least once … Picked up three wins against ranked opponents in singles and five in doubles action … Finished the season on a four-match win streak in singles … Advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championship, teaming with Koch, posting a win over the No. 20 team in the nation … Clinched the team’s win over Arkansas (Apr. 11) with a commanding singles win … Teamed with Koch to upset the No. 8 doubles team in the nation (Texas A&M, Mar. 8), which catapulted the duo in to the national rankings for the first time … Powered past nationally ranked opponent in singles to help team defeat LSU (Mar. 6) for its first SEC win over the season … Drew the No. 1 doubles spot with Koch at the start of dual-match play and won four of their first five matches … Stretched No. 12 player in the nation to three sets (Wake Forest, Feb. 6) … Had a great fall, going 7-2 in singles, including a spot in the round of 16 at the ITA Carolina Regional and four wins at the Bulldog Scramble, and entered the spring ranked No. 71 in the nation … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. Junior Year (2013-14)
Took over the No. 3 spot in the singles lineup and turned in a 9-5 record in the position … Posted a career-best 16 doubles victories, splitting time with three different partners and playing in all three spots in the lineup … Ranked as high as No. 32 in the nation in doubles with Tsvetan Mihov as the duo went 13-9 on the season, playing together from the fall through February … Closed regular season with a pair of singles wins that helped Gamecocks reach the NCAA Tournament, including a win over his ranked opponent from Kentucky (Apr. 11) … Clinched the win over Auburn (Mar. 23), yielding just four games in his singles match … Won five of his first six dual-match singles decisions … Reached the ITA Carolina Regional doubles semifinals with Mihov … Advanced to the round of 32 in singles at the same event, stretching the nation’s fifth-ranked player to three sets … Won a pair of qualifying matches to reach the main doubles draw of the ITA All-American Championships with Mihov … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. Sophomore Year (2012-13)
Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors behind a 20-6 singles record and a 15-12 doubles mark with three different partners … Posted a 7-1 record in three-set matches, including a 6-0 mark when rallying back from down one set … Was second on the team in singles victories overall and in dual matches, closing the season playing in the No. 3 spot in the order after opening in the fourth position … Clinched team’s first SEC Tournament victory since 2008 with a comeback against LSU (Apr. 18), fighting off break point in the third set … Won a tiebreak (with Adams) to clinch doubles point in 4-3 win over Kentucky in regular-season finale (Apr. 14) … Teamed with Andrew Adams against LSU (Mar. 31) for first time in dual matches and won first six doubles matches in the No. 3 spot … Posted his first win over a ranked opponent of the season with a three-set victory over then-No. 85 Lukas Ollert of Auburn (Mar. 22) … Tied the Florida match (Mar. 8) by rallying from a set down … Put Gamecocks on top 3-2 with a three-set comeback against Clemson (Mar. 3) … Delivered team win over NC State (Feb. 10) with three-set victory … Advanced to the consolation final of the ITA Carolina Regional … Teamed with Kyle Koch to finish third in the Blue doubles bracket of the Duke Fab Four. Freshman Year (2011-12)
Joined the team in January and immediately found a spot in the dual-match singles lineup, playing in the Nos. 4 and 5 spots in the order … Was second on the team with four singles wins in SEC action … Earned his first singles national ranking (No. 117) for the final two weeks of March … Picked up a win in his SEC Tournament debut against Auburn (Apr. 19) … Helped set up the emotion team win at archrival Clemson (Mar. 14) with a second-set tiebreak victory in the No. 5 spot for the Gamecocks’ third point of the match … Earned one of the team’s two points against Tennessee (Mar. 4) with a third-set super-tiebreak win in his No. 6 match … Posted his first win over a ranked opponent with a 6-4, 6-4 result against No. 47 Hernus Pieters of Georgia (Mar. 2) to score the team’s lone point against the sixth-ranked Bulldogs … Was the final match on court in a 3-3 match at Wake Forest (Feb. 9), rallying to win this third-set tiebreaker to stretch the team’s win streak to seven matches … Won his first seven dual-match singles contests, including a 6-0, 6-0 win in his dual-match debut against Wofford (Jan. 21).
High School/Junior Highlights
Ranked as high as No. 110 in the ITF Junior standings … Competed in eight touraments throughout South America … Reached the round of 16 in the Uruguay Bowl and Costa Rica’s Coffee Bowl in early 2011 … Participated in the 2010 South American Games and was a semifinalist at the 2009 Copa Nissan event in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Pinheiro’s Career Record
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Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual | SEC | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | vs. Ranked | 3-Set | 7-Pt. | 10-Pt. |
2011-12 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 12-7 | 4-6 | — | — | 1-1 | 2-5 | 6-1 | 3-0 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 |
2012-13 | 20-6 | 5-2 | 15-4 | 5-3 | — | — | 6-2 | 9-2 | — | — | 1-3 | 7-1 | 0-5 | 1-0 |
2013-14 | 14-14 | 5-4 | 9-10 | 2-9 | — | -0-2 | 9-5 | 0-3 | — | — | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 1-0 |
2014-15 | 14-15 | 4-6 | 7-13 | 3-6 | -0-5 | -1-1 | 4-6 | 2-1 | — | — | 4-6 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 0-3 |
Career | 60-44 | 14-14 | 42-34 | 14-24 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 20-13 | 13-11 | 6-1 | 3-0 | 8-17 | 12-11 | 6-14 | 3-5 |
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Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual | SEC | #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||||
2011-12 | 15-11 | 1-1 | 14-10 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 13-8 | 0-1 | |||||||
2012-13 | 15-12 | 2-3 | 13-9 | 5-4 | — | — | 13-9 | |||||||
2013-14 | 16-9 | 6-5 | 10-14 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 6-3 | 3-10 | |||||||
2014-15 | 14-9 | 4-1 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 10-8 | — | — | |||||||
Career | 60-51 | 16-10 | 47-41 | 16-22 | 12-10 | 19-11 | 16-19 |